Thomas Paine Quotes

We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable.

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

My freedom is more important than your good idea.

I believe in individual freedom and right to decide how and with whom I will live my life.

But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else.

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please.

I am my own person caoable of making my own decisions and choosing powerfully how i live. I appreciate and respect what others have to say but ultimately I choose how I live my life.

Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice and the exercise of choice a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

I cannot do politics under someone else's control.

But on the other side I am very glad that I can at least enjoy some freedom.

Freedom is control in your own life.

The audience wants control. They want freedom.

The range of choice open to the individual is not the decisive factor in determining the degree of human freedom, but what can be chosen and what is chosen by the individual.

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

In England, your life is your life.

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.

I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act.

We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.

Being a Sikh meant having to do what Mom and Dad said, and going to temple, and Mom and Dad choosing who I would marry. But going to an American school taught me that I was the one who's supposed to make those choices.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.